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JAMES LEE SMITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 30, 1947 – January 19, 1969
Service recordJames Lee Smith, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 19, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 40
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 30, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 40
- JUAN CARLOS QUINTANASpecialist Four · January 19, 1969
- GENE LEROY SCHUKARSergeant · January 19, 1969
- DONALD JOSEPH SMITHCorporal · January 19, 1969
- PAUL ALLEN BALLARDSergeant · January 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID RAYMOND BALZARINIPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 35
- BARRY CHARLES KELLENBENZSecond Lieutenant · Panel 34W, Line 38
- GENE LEROY SCHUKARSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 40
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.